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Which colour combination from the outside to inside

Red : White : Blue
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27%
White ; Red : Blue
6
55%
RAF Fans vote here: Blue : White ; Red
2
18%
Red : Blue : White
0
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One for the Anoraks!!!

Post by barr7430 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:47 pm

Dear Friends,

please help Clarence and I out.

The French cockade:

From the outside : Red : White ; Blue OR

White : Red : Blue ?

Check out historical prints, period books, uniform guides, people's figures and... everyone is doing it different.. so please help us settle the argument(not between us two pals incidentally!).. Which is right?????
Evidence require please :wink:
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Post by daniel1492 » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:15 am

Hope this helps...

http://www.militaryheritage.com/napfranc.htm
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Cockade

Post by Anonymous » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:25 am

It seems to depend on the Year the picture has been made,i.e.,
Napoleon crossing the Alps, he has a cockade Red-blue-white,
as long as fighting for the Republic.

A french book about headdress tells that it was in the First Empire
white-red-blue and with Napoleon III. the cockade goes to Red-White-blue
All from the outside
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Post by parkinspieces » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:04 pm

Barry,

Doesn't really matter as you'll always get some clever cloggs that'll say it's the opposite to the way you've done it :roll: Remember the helmet incident :wink:
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